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treblig6 Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 10:28 AM EST
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Been smoking 'em for about 6 months...CB for 2 weeks. Already made two orders and exceeded cigar budget for the month. I often hear of encounters with plugged cigars. How can I tell if I have a plugged smoke?

Popped a cuban Montecristo #2 in the box today...my first de la habana. Plan on aging as long as I can hold out. Might try to develop a single malt scotch liking first.
Mr.Mean Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 11:39 AM EST
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Slow down there. You gonna develope all your vises at once? Throw some crack smokin in there, a little varmit poaching, and a some backyard toxic waste dumping and might be able to fit in. "Smoking 'em", cigars, right? What's your brand? On the plugged, sometimes you just don't know till you light it up. Others you can sometimes tell on the pre-draw or if you feel unusually hard spots will indicate possible plugged stogie.
delarob Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 11:44 AM EST
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Plugged cigars have a cord that goes into the wall....
HHEAVEN Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 1:18 PM EST
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Grounded?
BMW Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 1:55 PM EST
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I like at 220. LOL Barry
xibbumbero Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 1:55 PM EST
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Are U saying Del's grounded. Does that mean he can't smoke cigars? That's pretty harsh if he can't.
Slimboli Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 2:37 PM EST
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You can't really tell, until you actually smoke it. I've had some smokes that were like 'broom handles' ... and they smoked beautifully.

I was even given some 'plugged' ISOM SLR A's because they were hard as rocks, and were thought to be unsmokeable. It turned out to be the best Cubans I've ever smoked ...

For those plugged ones I do get, I just use one of those turkey 'needles' you see in the housewares department around Thanksgiving time. You know, the ones that you supposedly use to sew the turkey up after you stuff it? They works great!
tailgater Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 6:21 PM EST
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Won't the turkey needle make your cigar smell foul?
mhollowa Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 6:23 PM EST
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Try a bamboo skewer... they're pointed on one end and come in sizes...of course, remove the shrimp first.
eleltea Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 6:24 PM EST
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Dont use a fish hook. They make your gars smell like gars.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, May 13 2002, 8:19 PM EST
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reading this post reminds me of the joys of........... i forgot what i was going to say.
busdaddy Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, May 15 2002, 8:48 AM EST
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"plugged" tends to get confused with "tight draw". I've found a draw poker to work OK with tight draws but not so much with pluggers. Some cigars are of such poor construction you gotta wonder whether the roller conciously set the filler sideways -- The poker cannot help these. Thank jod I don't come across them that often, but when I do they get airborne quickly.
bud451 Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, May 15 2002, 8:57 AM EST
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"220....221, whatever it takes"
freecigars2002 Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, May 16 2002, 5:21 PM EST
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An injection of Botox tends to loosen up a tight draw also
Mr.Mean Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, May 16 2002, 8:44 PM EST
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And it takes care of those unwanted crows feet around the eyes.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 7:50 AM EST
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and makes for softer, more cushiony lips.
xibbumbero Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 8:21 AM EST
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Mr Mean,Keep them damm crows off your face! X
Mr.Mean Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 10:12 AM EST
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I gotta figure out why I keeping waking up in the yard first.
xibbumbero Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 12:14 PM EST
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I'd tell why I do,but U don't wanna no. X
CL Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 1:25 PM EST
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From plugged cigars to Botox to waking up in your yard; this baby's all over the road! LMAO at you guys. Maybe we don't get a damn thing accomplished around here, but man I like this place. Did I hear we're going fishing?
BMW Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 1:57 PM EST
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We can go fishing if Mr Mean will kindly pick up some worms while he's laying around in the yard. I think he's been tripping over invisible things again, I find them in my yard every time i get to drinking a little. Barry
xibbumbero Offline
#22 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 1:59 PM EST
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Cl, lets go crab fishing at the restroom located on our pier. I hear their as big as lobsters. X
CL Offline
#23 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 2:04 PM EST
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Isn't there a cream medication for that?
pdbenz Offline
#24 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 3:35 PM EST
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DDT
xibbumbero Offline
#25 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 4:05 PM EST
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It's called cream sauce. X
eleltea Offline
#26 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 6:39 PM EST
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Chinese seafood restaurants make the best crab. I especially like the ginger-scallion (they put garlic in it, too.) Make sure there is a live tank. Next best is any dumpy neighborhood crabhouse in the Baltimore area. MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Ooops, sorry, this is the Sports forum, isn't it.
jjohnson28 Offline
#27 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 7:10 PM EST
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I like black licorice.
xibbumbero Offline
#28 Posted: Fri, May 17 2002, 7:27 PM EST
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JJ, there's plenty of that under the toilet seats. Eleltea in Baltimore go to O'briski's,best blue crabs in town. Also have their House beer,it's some of the best beer I've ever had. X
eleltea Offline
#29 Posted: Sat, May 18 2002, 8:18 PM EST
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x, that's the kind of insider info I love. It's in my palmtop. Thx!
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